St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-04


county, where he has resided ever since,
His political career is very brief one. He
has held the Office of town supervisor for
four terms, assessor for one term, and three
terms as county commissioner. which latter
Office he holds until next January.
CHARLES BENNETT,
of Blue Earth county, has so many irons in
the lire that it seems incredible that he
can lind time to dabble in politics. He is a
farmer, raises cattle and hogs, and buys
and ships them. The chances are that
Gen. Baker has been over to see him-iust
for neighborly call-aEd that he spoke
good word for his man Friday, Eli Warner.
But Mr.. Bennett is not saying word; and
it may be that, when Gen. Baker thinks he
has the game where he wants it. and rushes
the dogs to flush them, yelling: ''Get
there, Flip Mr.. Bennett will fly away and
escape the shot from the gun of the Rapi-
dan statesman. We shall see. Mr.. Ben
nett served in Company e, Second Minnesota
cavalry. for two years, and was quartermaster
| sergeant in the company. Was at the
battle of New Ulm at the time of the out
break In 1862. He has always been Re-
publican in politics. but not an Office
seeker. until he came out for the legislature
| this year.
THEODORE ToUsLEY.
OF Fillmore county, is one of the low tariff
| Republicans who is expected to-and prob
ably will-vOte for G. X. Davis. His pa
rents removed from Connecticut to the
Western Reserve in Ohio when he was bow.
He remained there until 1857. when he
went to jefferson, Wis. In 1859 he went
to Pixies Peak. Returned to Ohio and re-
manned till 1861 when he removed to Trem-
peleau county, Wisconsin. Came to Mime
sofa in 1861. In 1862 enlisted in Company
E, Seventh Minnesota volunteers and was
wounded at Tupello. Miss. In 1865 re-
turned to Minnesota and engaged in farm
ing. He says he has always let politics
alone, and in this way has been able to earn
an honest living. He has held the minor
offices of town clerk, justice of the peace,
town supervisor and county assessor. His
friends insisted that he should come to the
| legislature, and, as in the days of the war;
he felt that he must go where duty called
him,
ALBERT BOEDIGHEMER
| is an Ohio Democrat who has been lucky
enough to draw prize in the political lot
terry. 1t has generally been supposed that
the ''OhiO man" must be Republican if he
expected to knock any of the perslmmons
Mr.. Boedigheimer was originally harness
maker. He carried ON the harness and
saddlery business in st. Paul for long
time, having shop near the Seven cor
ners. In 1S75-iust at the time when he
should have remained and invested in ST.
Paul real estate-he hied himself away to
Mcleod county and embarked in the mer-
camille business. Now he has been drawn
into the maelstrom of politics, and there's
no telling what will become of him. He
says this is his first offense.
JOHN N. JONES
is newcomer in Minnesota, but he comes
of sturdy WEIGH stock, and his friends say
he will make useful member. He is from
the same county as Prof. A. M. WelleS-
RedWood-and this is sufficient to show
that he lives where none but good men are
tolerated. He succeeds Judge Turrell
whose congressional ambition caused him
to grasp for everything and get nothing.
He emigrated to America in 1868, and
settled near Youngstown. O.; moved to
Illinois in 1874, and settled in Redwood
county in 1881. He says there is nothing
worthy of mention in connection with his
political life-which is to his credit. He is
farmer, but it doesn't follow that he will
vote for Donnelly for speaker.
JOHN w. FLATHERS
was born in Hendricks county, Indiana.
Coming from county with such name,
he ought, by all the rules of equity and
proprety, to be a roaring Democrat. But
he is not. He says he has been Republi-
can ever since he bas been voter. He has
lived i'll Pleasant Grove township, Olmsted
county, ever since he came to Minnesota,
in 1856; has been farming for the past fif-
teen years; for the past six years he has
been township treasurer, and for four years
county commissioner.
JACOB RUNNER,
of Dakota county, whose soul is not dis
turbed by visions of election contests. wa:
born in the Grand Duchy OF Luxembourg il
1915. He came to America with his pa
rents in 1851, settling in Osaukee county
Wis; removed to Minnesota IN 1865, locat
ing at his present home in Vermilion, ant
is a prosperous well-to-do farmer and car
penter. He has a common school educa